U Upper Wood between the glades and the middle path

Topography: Steep bank, slopes and level woodland

Aspect: A south and south-west facing slope shaded by trees

General Description:
Mixed woodland and shrubs: beech, mature and sapling, and oak predominate in some areas, some individual species, large areas of bramble, some dead and damaged trees. Public and other paths, some wear from play & bikes. Some trees damaged by fires: other dead trees lying and standing. The 2013 landslide has taken away part of the middle path.

Features:
The southern edge of ancient embankment topped by hawthorns around the former ‘wood field’ is the upper boundary; with steep slopes down to the terraced ‘middle path’, the lower boundary.

Programme

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